Chapter 986 - 442: Mutation!
"Junior Brother?"
Xu Qinghan's voice carried a trembling disbelief, soaked in sobs, almost instinctively, softly calling out.
These two words, seemed to possess a certain magic power.
The young man in black, Xu Ran, had a barely perceptible shudder.
His eyes, as if blended with divine sunlight and void, appeared to dim slightly for a moment, yet seemed to become deeper.
He did not immediately respond.
Instead, he slowly raised his head, gazing towards the depths of the Cosmos, beyond the Southern Celestial Stars.
His gaze seemed to penetrate layer upon layer of star domains, seeing certain existences that were watching this place.
Earlier, with the force of a thunderbolt, he annihilated billions of Celestial Demons, an act seemingly quiet yet infused with will and the Power of Laws, enough to shake the top-tier existences of this star domain.
Especially, the way he tore through the universe barriers, returning from an unknown place, was a tremendously bold declaration!
Inevitably, it would attract attention!
"Buzz"
In the void, a grander, older aura seemed to seep silently from afar.
With scrutiny, with doubt, even with a trace of dread!
"Hmph."
A very soft snort came from Xu Ran's throat.
This snort, though not loud, seemed to resound directly within the Heart Spirits of those watching!
Like the explosion of divine thunder across the heavens!
In certain remote star domains, several shadowy and powerful Divine Thoughts trembled fiercely as if pricked by a needle, instantly retracting!
Even from several ancient places of seclusion came faint muffled groans!
Just a single snort had repelled numerous ancient beings capable of dominating a star domain!
Such domineering! Such terrifying power!
After accomplishing all this, Xu Ran lowered his head again, his gaze falling once more upon Xu Qinghan.
This time, the ice-cold in his eyes seemed to have melted somewhat.
Still deep and inscrutable, yet no longer the absolute zero that excluded everyone.
He looked at Xu Qinghan's excited, trembling form, tears sliding down once more, and was silent for a moment.
Then, slowly, he extended his hand.
His movement was slow, seemingly awkward, and as if fearing to startle her.
At his fingertips, faintly swirling, nearly invisible streams of Chaos.
Gently, wanting to wipe away the tear marks on Xu Qinghan's cheek.
However, just as his fingertip was about to touch Xu Qinghan's skin!
Transformation!
Arise suddenly!
Boom!!!!!!
A presence more terrifying than billions of Celestial Demons combined, an aura filled with evil, filth, destruction, and the meaning of an ending, suddenly erupted from the depths of the immense space rift!
This aura was so dark! So viscous!
As if embodying all negative emotions of the universe, all sources of destruction!
Its emergence even caused the just stabilized Heaven and Earth Laws to disrupt again!
The sky instantly turned darker than night!
Not obscured by clouds, but as if light itself was devoured!
A cold and fear sourced from the deepest realms of the soul once again enveloped everyone!
Ten thousand times stronger than facing the Outer Heaven Demon!
"Cackle cackle cackle"
A teeth-grating sinister laughter emanated from the rift's depths, like countless wronged souls wailing in unison!
"Found you, finally found you"
"The aura of Gui Xu and the damned scent of this 'variable'!"
"Turns out you hid here!"
With that malign laughter, an indescribably enormous claw!
A claw covered in black scales, aflame with emerald green fire, with nails like crooked stars, emerged slowly from the space rift!
Just one claw!
Its radiating pressure caused the entire Southern Celestial Stars to tremble violently!
The core of the stars emitted groans of unbearable strain!
Countless mountains collapsed! Rivers reverse flowed!
As if the apocalypse arrived prematurely!
Everyone in the Kao Mountain Sect, including Xu Qinghan, under this pressure, found even their thoughts nearly halted!
Their bodies, their Divine Souls, were on the brink of collapse under the impact of this terrifying aura!
The disparity was too great!
If the previous Outer Heaven Demon was a wolf, then the owner of this giant claw is the mythical world-ending beast that feeds on stars!
"No!"
For the first time, Xu Ran's expression changed!
No longer cold, no longer indifferent!
But heavy!
An unprecedented weight!
Even beneath that heaviness, a hint of murderous intent lurked! A terrifying murderous intent that seemed to want to freeze the entire heavens and worlds completely!
He abruptly withdrew his hand reaching towards Xu Qinghan!
Not abandoning, but protecting!
Buzz!
Within him, the power intertwined with divine sunlight and void roared into operation!
An invisible barrier instantly enveloped the entire Kao Mountain Sect, along with the earth below!
Isolating that world-ending pressure!
Allowing Xu Qinghan and the others, like drowning persons, to take a sudden gasp!
Yet their faces remained filled with extreme terror and horror!
They watched that ever-emerging giant claw from the rift, watching the emerald green flames burning on it, seemingly able to incinerate everything!
"What what is that?!" a hoarse voice of an elder, filled with despair.
"I don't know, but it's definitely beyond anything we could imagine," another elder's face ashen.
Xu Qinghan's heart further sank to rock bottom!
The just ignited hope, the enormous joy confirming her junior brother's return, shattered instantaneously by this sudden, even more terrifying crisis!